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Nick Preen Mine

Occurrence in Beaverhead county in Montana, United States with commodities Silver, Lead, Copper, Zinc, Gold
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  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Public Land Survey System information
  6. Commodities
  7. Materials information
  8. Alteration
  9. Host and associated rocks
  10. Nearby scientific data
  11. Geologic structures
  12. Ore body information
  13. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  14. Mining district
  15. Land status
  16. Workings at the site
  17. Links to other databases
  18. Bibliographic references
  19. Reporter information

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 10019179
MRDS ID DC08935
Record type Site
Current site name Nick Preen Mine

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -113.03256, 45.31517 (WGS84)
Elevation 2225
Relative position 2 3/4 AIR MILES SO. OF BALDY MTN.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Beaverhead(county)

Montana(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Polaris(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

Salmon(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Dillon(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Beaverhead(hydrologic unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic accounting unit)

Missouri Headwaters(hydrologic subregion)

Missouri(hydrologic region)

Federal lands

Bureau of Land Management(Bureau of Land Management MT)

Bureau of Land Management MT BLM(Type of land area)

BLM(Federal land areas administered by BLM)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Montana Beaverhead

Public Land Survey System information

Meridian Township Range Section Fraction State
Montana Principal 006S 012W 14 SE OF NE Montana

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Silver Primary
Lead Primary
Copper Primary
Zinc Critical Secondary
Gold Secondary

Materials information

Materials Type of material
Anglesite Ore
Galena Ore
Garnet Gangue
Pyrite Gangue
Quartz Gangue

Alteration

  • (Local) Oxidation

Analytical data

Result SELECTED ORE SAMPLES ASSAYED 0.01-0.02 OZ AU/TON, 5.7-3.6 OZ AG/TON, 0.15-0.85% CU, 3.6-0.88% PB, AND 0.1% ZN

Host and associated rocks

  • Host or associated Host
    Rock type Sedimentary Rock > Carbonate > Limestone
    Rock unit name Madison
    Rock description Madison
    Stratigraphic age (youngest) Mississippian

Nearby scientific data

(1) -113.03256, 45.31517
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Economic information

Geologic structures

Type of structure Local
Structure description Thrust- Prec Quartzite/Pal Carbonates

Ore body information

  • Strike N80E
    Dip 23 SE
    Length 121.92M
    Width 0.15M

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Occurrence
Commodity type Metallic
Deposit size Small
Significant No

Mining district

District name Baldy Mountain District

Land status

Ownership category BLM Administrative Area

Workings at the site

  • Type of workings Underground
    Length 121.92M

Comments on the workings information

  • SEVERAL HILLSIDE ADITS, CAVED IN 1972.

Comments on development

  • UNPATENTED CLAIMS-OWNERSHIP UNKNOWN

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    MBMG BULL 85, P. 74-75.

  • Deposit

    ZIMBLEMAN, D., MS THESIS

  • Deposit

    1972 COMPILE MBMG BULL. 8

Reporter information

Type Date Name Affiliation Comment
Reporter 01-MAR-1974 Unknown U.S. Geological Survey
Updater 01-JUL-1980 Loen, Jeffrey S. (Pearson, Robert C.) U.S. Geological Survey

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.

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